u/mohamednagm

Most people chase sexy SaaS ideas. I built a deliberately boring one and it's working.

I spent years watching founders build things nobody asked for. I was one of them. Had a dozen ideas in Notion. Built two. Both flopped. Not because the code was bad. Because nobody cared.

The problem was always the same. Guessing what to build instead of knowing.

So I started paying attention to where people already complain. Reddit. Every single day thousands of people are venting about broken tools, painful workflows, and problems nobody is solving. That's not noise. That's the most honest market research you'll ever find.

But doing it manually is brutal. You're scrolling through hundreds of threads trying to spot patterns. By the time you find something useful you've wasted half your day and your motivation is gone.

So I built SaasNiche.

It scans Reddit automatically and pulls out real pain points people are posting about. Groups them by niche. Shows you the actual complaints with real context so you can validate demand before writing a single line of code.

Nothing flashy. No AI wrapper. No viral consumer app. Just a boring tool that solves a genuinely annoying problem for SaaS founders and indie hackers.

The first month was rough:

• Slow customer acquisition. Mostly manual outreach and posting in communities.
• Feature requests I didn't expect.
• Learning how to sell something that sounds boring but saves hours of research.

Then things started clicking.

• Crossed $1k in total revenue after 2 months
• Still solo. Still bootstrapped. Still growing organically.

The lesson? You don't need a sexy idea. Sometimes the best businesses solve genuinely annoying problems that people are already paying in time and stress to avoid.

Stop guessing what to build. Go where your users are already complaining.

Here's the tool if you're interested.

also here is a proof on trustMRR

I know $400 MRR isn't life changing money. But 2 months ago this product didn't exist

Quick backstory

I was stuck in the classic founder loop. Dozen SaaS ideas in Notion. No clue which one people actually cared about. Built two projects that went nowhere

The problem was never building. The problem was picking the right thing to build

Then I realized something obvious

People are already telling you what to build. Every single day. On Reddit. They're venting about broken tools. Complaining about workflows. Begging for solutions that don't exist yet

The problem is doing it manually takes forever. You're scrolling through hundreds of threads trying to spot patterns

So I built SaasNiche. It scans Reddit automatically and surfaces real pain points. Groups them by niche. Shows you actual complaints with real context so you can see demand before writing a single line of code

First 2 months:

- launched, hit $300 MRR month one
- crossed $400 MRR month two
- still solo. Still bootstrapped

What I've learned:

- one complaint is an anecdote. Fifty complaints about the same thing is a business

- nobody cares about your product. They care about their problem. Lead with the problem every time

- distribution beats features early on

Still early days. But people are paying and retention is solid

SaasNiche is live if anyone wants to check it out

A few months back I had like 12 different SaaS ideas scattered across Notion docs and honestly no clue which one people actually gave a shit about.

You know the drill. Everyone says "talk to your users" and "validate first" but like... where exactly are these mystical users hanging out? And what am I supposed to ask them without sounding like a weirdo with a survey?

Did what any rational developer would do. Ignored the advice completely and just started building stuff.

Built two different projects. First one got exactly 3 signups. Second one never even made it past my localhost because I lost steam halfway through.

Classic mistake. I was building solutions to problems I had, not problems other people were willing to pay to solve.

Then I started thinking differently. Not about generating ideas. About finding problems that already exist.

Because here's the thing. People are already telling you what to build. Every single day. On Reddit. On Quora. In G2 reviews. In forum threads. They're venting about broken workflows and tools that don't work and problems nobody is solving.

That's not noise. That's free market research.

The problem is it takes forever to do manually. You're reading through hundreds of threads trying to spot patterns. By the time you find something interesting you've already lost 3 hours and your motivation.

So I built a tool that does it for me.

It scans Reddit automatically. Pulls out real pain points. Groups them by category. Shows you what people are actually frustrated about in specific niches. With real quotes and real context so you can see the demand for yourself.

I used it on my own ideas first. Plugged in a few niches I was considering. One of them lit up immediately. People were constantly complaining about the same problems over and over. Clear demand. Weak competition.

That was enough signal to commit.

Built the product. Soft launched it. Got my first paid customer in week 2. Now sitting at $300 MRR after one month and growing mostly through organic and posting in communities like this.

What actually worked:

- People are constantly venting online about their problems. That's free market research if you know where to look.

- Pattern recognition across hundreds of threads is where the gold is. One complaint is an anecdote. Fifty complaints about the same thing is a business.

- You don't need perfect validation. Just enough signal to know you're not completely delusional.

If you're stuck between ideas stop brainstorming. Go where your target users are already complaining and let them tell you what to build.

The tool I built for this is called SaasNiche if anyone wants to check it out